Detachable band for stoves.



No. 720,551. PATENTED FEB`.17','19031..

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DETAoHABL-B BAND PoR sToVBs.

APPLICATION FILED QEPT. 24, 19(02. I0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. BAILEY, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO FULLER d. WAR- RENCOMPANY, OF TROY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OE NEW YORK.

DETACHABLE BAND FOR STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,551, dated February17, 1903. Application filed September 24:, 1902. Serial No. 124,616. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern: nickel-plated. The stove-top is preferablyBe it known that I, CHARLES H. BAILEY, a provided with a dependent edgeflange 4, incitizen of the United States, residing at Troy, tegraltherewith, said liange being provided county ot' Rensselaer, and Stateof New York, at intervals with apertures 5, adapted to re- 5 haveinvented certain new and useful Imceive the respective lugs 6,projecting from 55 provements in Detachable Bands for Stoves, the inneredge of the top-band and preferably of which the following is aspecification. castintegral therewith. The supporting mem- The inventionrelates to such improveber comprising the stove-top and the supments;and it consists of the novel construcported member comprising thetop-band thus 1o tion and combination of parts hereinafter dehaveintegral detachably-interlocking parts 6c scribed and subsequentlyclaimed. which serve to prevent their relative displace- Reference maybe had to Vthe accompanyment in various directions so long as the lugsing drawings, and the reference characters 6 are retained in theirrespective apertures 5. marked thereon, which form a part of this Thestove-top and band may have other forms 15 specification. of integraldetachablyinterlocking parts, if 65 Similar characters refer to similarparts in desired, as by providing the stove-top with a the severalfigures. seat l2 for the band and providing the top- Figure l of thedrawings is a top plan View liange 4 and the band withinterengaging lugsof a portion of a cooking-stove provided with 13. The band-section 2 isfurther detachably zo an ornamental top-band embodying my -inlocked tothe stove-top by means of the screw- 7o vention. Fig. 2 is a top planview showing threaded eyebolt 7, hinged thereto at 8 and the top-casting of the stove partly broken provided with a thumb-nut 9, said boltbeing away, with the ornamental top-band applied adapted to swing intoand out of an open slot thereto. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section 10,formedin the edge of the top-flange 4. The

z 5 taken through interlocking parts of the top parts are locatedtogether by swinging the 75 casting and band on the broken line 3 3 inbolt into said slot l0 and then adjusting the Fig. 2. Fig. l.itisasimilar cross-section takenV nut 9 to bear tightly against the innerside on the broken line ff 4 in Fig. 2. of the flange 4 adjacent to saidslot, the nut The prevailing styles of stoves are highly serving as aretainer for the bolt. When 3o ornamented by a liberal use ofnickel-plating thus adjusted, the band is securely locked to 8o appliedin the form of Vnickel-plated bands the stove-top, being held by thescrew-bolt and other ornaments. connection against movement in the onlydi- As it is difficult, even when great care is rection permitted by theintegral detachablyexercised, to avoid soiling the nickel-workinterlocking parts of the supporting and sup- 35 when blacking isapplied to the iron surfaces ported members. A single screw-bolt con- 85of the stove while the nickel-work remains nection is thus sufficient tolock the bandthereupon, it is desirable to provide for the section tothe stove-top, and the section can quick removal and replacing of thenickeled be easily removed by merely loosening the parts, and to makesuch provision is the obthumb-nut 9 and swinging the bolt 7 out of 4oject of my invention. j the slot l0 in the stove-top flange, whereupon9o My invention is applicable to various parts the band-section can belifted from the stove. of different kinds of stoves, andI have shown Ihave shown the band-section 3 locked in in the drawings the inventionapplied to the position by causing its end 1l to be overtop-band of acooking stove or range. lapped by the end l2 of the band-section 2, 45Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the so that when the section 2has been removed 95 top-casting of the stove, and 2 and 3 separate thesection 3 can be lifted from the stove.

sections of the top-band which extends along The band -sections 2 and 3can thus be the edge of the stove-top. This band may be easily andquickly removed and replaced of any desired form and is preferablyformed when it is desired to blacken the stove or at 5o of castiron,having its exposed surfaces other times. f roo What I Claim as new, anddesire to secure said bolt and adapted to engage said supportby LettersPatent, is-

In a. stove, the combination with a supporting member provided with anaperture; and a. pair of supported members one ladapted to overlap theother, said supporting member and the respective supported membershaving integral, deteehably-interlocking parts; 0f ai screw-boltconnected with the overlapping supported member and movable into and outof said aperture in the supporting member; and a nut adjustably mountedon I ing member, whereby both the overlapped and overlapping supportedmembers are detaehably secured to the supporting member, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day ofSeptember, 1902.

CHARLES H. BAILEY.

Vitnesses:

WM. HENRY WARREN, R. S. WOOD.

